The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae.
They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upper sides of the elytra are usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and the fact that seen from the side they resemble a hairy plump bee, has given them their common name.
Species Trichius abdominalis Ménétriés, 1832 Trichius fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Trichius gallicus Dejean, 1821 (= T. rosaceus)Krell, F-T. (2012) On nomenclature and synonymy of Trichius rosaceus, T. gallicus, and T. zonatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). Zootaxa 3278: 61–68. Trichius japonicus Trichius orientalis Reitter, 1894 Trichius sexualis Bedel, 1906
Fossil species †Trichius amoenus Heer, 1847 †Trichius rotundatus Heer, 1862 †Trichius unifasciatus Heer, 1862
References
External links
Trichius fasciatus photos at Beetlespace.wz.cz